Little "Nuggets" of Life: DYI: Chevron Skirt

Eariler I posted about this cute skirt I made (See it here). Here's a DYI of how to make it yourself. It took me about an hour to make.

First, choose some extra cute fabric. I got mine from Hobby Lobby. They even deliver! Woot Hoot! Plus I got 40% off one yard. Yeah for discounts!

Fold the fabric so that the right sides match (pretty sides together)

I then folded it in half again. Instead of cutting out the full skirt pattern. I was only going to cut half out. Similar to folding a piece of paper in half and cutting out a heart.

I then measured how long I wanted the skirt. I made my extra long. I'm 5'8'' and made my skirt 40" long. That was close to the long side, but it still works. I pinned the inside seem at 40" long.

Then I measured how wide I wanted the skirt at the top and bottom. Measure you're waist and add a few inches (It's an elastic skirt). Cut that measurement in half (remember you folded the fabric in half earlier). My measurement was rounded up to 40" so I measure 20" at one end. Then add 10" for each fold for the bottom. So I pinned at 20" at the top of the fabric. And 30" at the bottom (pinned location)

Use the measuring tape as a straight edge between your two marks. This will be where you cut the skirt pattern. It should be an angled. This will make the skirt flow.

Hard to tell there's an angle in the next picture, but it is.

With the right sides still together, sew the two pieces of fabric together. Then at the bottom, add a hem. I folded mine twice to make the hem.

At the top you'll sew a larger hem to fit the elastic through. Don't sew it completely shut or else you can't get the elastic in. To measure the elastic I placed it around my waist until it fit comfy and then cut. It needs to be able to keep the skirt up, so stretch it a bit, but not too tight it's uncomfortable. Attach a safety pin to the elastic and feed it through the hem you just made on the top of the skirt.

Feed the elastic through making sure to keep both ends out of the hem.

Sew the two ends of the elastic together. Make sure the elastic is laying flat inside the top skirt hem before you sew it together.

Turn the skirt right side out and Ta-Da! You just sewed a fabulously cute skirt in less than an hour! (Sorry don't know how to turn picture in Blogger)